Ottawa has confirmed the death of Canadian mining executive Kirk Woodman in Burkina Faso. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is working on the investigation with authorities in the west African country. (The Canadian Press)

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Italy's Interior Minister says the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas Market truck attack was killed in a shootout with police in Milan, Italy, early Friday. Anis Amri is suspected in the attack that killed 12 people and injured dozens.

A short video clip gives an up-close look at the man suspected in the deadly truck attack at a Berlin Christmas market.

The foreign affairs minister says the "same ideology" links a series of violent terror-related incidents this week, from Jordan to Turkey to Germany. Stephane Dion says deradicalization should be a priority.

The prime minister says current marijuana laws remain in place until new legislation is ratified. Justin Trudeau made the comments after being asked about cannabis shops that opened in Montreal Thursday.

Former heroin user John Lenec became addicted to the opioid during a 35-year struggle with substance abuse. The Vancouver resident describes the mental and physical toll of going through withdrawal from the drug.

A lawyer for the families of the Charleston, SC church shooting victims says survivor Felicia Sanders didn't believe gunman Dylann Roof 'could be so evil' until she saw his taped confession. Roof was convicted of all 33 counts on Thursday.

The federal Conservatives say a task force recommendation that legal recreational marijuana be available to Canadians aged 18 years or older goes against scientific opinions about the risks of the drug for young people.

A Halifax prison video of a vicious beating was shown at the trial of the inmate found guilty of the assault. Canada's prison watchdog says annual assaults committed by inmates against each other have jumped 93 per cent in a decade.

Final arguments are concluding in the trial of a Calgary woman who treated her son with natural remedies before he died of a strep infection. Tamara Lovett's police interrogation video and 911 call were played during the trial.